Synthetic Route of 7397-62-8, The major producers of chemicals have been the Europe, Japan and China. Due to the growing call for a cleaner, greener environment, people will have to find innovative ways to maintain their relevance. Here is a compound 7397-62-8, name is Butyl 2-hydroxyacetate. This compound has unique chemical properties. The synthetic route is as follows.
The esterification of metharylic acid with BG was done by carbonyl diimidazole coupling. 1 Eq. of methacrylic acid was charged into suitable sized round bottom flask (RBF) with a stir bar. 10 volumes of dichloromethane was then added to it. RBF was then sealed with a rubber septa and the mixture of methacrylic acid and dichloromethane was then flushed with N2 for 5 minutes. The RBF was then placed in an ice bath until the contents cooled down to 0C. Then CDI was then added to the reaction through the mouth of the RBF by removing the septa. Frothing was observed in the reactor. Once the frothing stopped, the reaction vessel was sealed by rubber septa and butyl glycolate was added using a syringe. The ice bath was removed and the reaction allowed to run at room temperature. It was followed by thin layer chromatography (TLC) on silica using 2% isopropanol/98% chloroform and separately using chloroform/methanol/acetic acid (CMA) 98: 2:2. No spot for carbonyl diimidazole was observed after 2.5 hrs. The spot for the compound overlaps with that of carbonyl diimidazole in the TLC done using 2% isopropanol, but a distinct spot was seen for the compound in the TLC done with CMA. Once the reaction was complete, the solvent was removed in vacuo and the sample was purified by column chromatography. The yield was approximately 20%.
According to the analysis of related databases, 7397-62-8, the application of this compound in the production field has become more and more popular.
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Patent; THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION; WO2005/97210; (2005); A1;,
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